Facts about Britney Spears: Biography| Brands| Music| Endorsement
There are a lot of fantastic facts to know about a popular American singer named Britney Spears.
To start with, Britney Spears is one of the most popular American entertainers and recording artists, who moved from a mere teen pop star to a successful and famous adult pop idol.
In this article, more interesting facts about Britney Spears will be discussed based on the following sections: Biography, Brands, Music, and Endorsement.
Biography
Britney Spears is a songwriter, fashion designer, author, record producer, actress, singer, and dancer, who is born and based in the United States. She was born in 2nd of December, 1981 (39 years old as at now) in Mississippi and grew up in Kentwood, Louisiana, the United States. Her parent’s name is James Spears and Lynne Bridges. Britney Spears has two siblings, namely Bryan, who was born in 1977 and also one of her managers, and Jamie-lynn, who was born in 1991.
She attended gymnastics classes until the age of nine and also performed in Local dance at her church choir. At the age of eight, she auditioned for “The New Micky Mouse Club”, but was turned down due to her age being considered too young for the program at that time.
At the ages of 11-13, Britney Spears was accepted to feature in the 1993-1994 seasons of the Disney Channel “The New Micky Mouse Club”.
In year 2000, Britney Spears was crowned the highest selling female artist, with more than 90 million albums sold all over the world.
In year 2002, Forbes magazine ranked Britney Spears as the most influential celebrity in the world.
In the past four years, Britney ranked first in the annual Yahoo list of the most-searched names all over the world.
Brands
Britney Spears has developed a wide variety of brands, namely fragrance (perfume), books, dolls, video games, and clothing.
Fragrance
The first perfume was endorsed by Britney Spears in 2004, named “curious”.
Here are some of the list of the perfumes of Britney Spears and their release date
- Curious (September 2004)
- Fantasy (September 2005)
- Curious: In control (April 2006)
- Midnight fantasy (December 2006)
- Believe (September 2007)
- Curious Heart (January 2008)
- Hidden fantasy (January 2009)
- Circus fantasy (September 2009)
- Radiance (September 2010)
- Cosmic Radiance (August 2011)
- Fantasy twist (October 2012)
- Island fantasy (April 2013)
Dolls
The Britney Spears doll was released in 1999. This doll was the first product to be released by Play Along Toys Company. The doll imitates the makeup, hairstyles, and outfits from Britney Spears’ photoshoots, concerts, music videos, and appearances.
Video games
The Dance Beat Britney Spears is a special one or two player video game that contains the videos and songs of Britney Spears.
In this game, players need to pass an audition in order to be able to tour as the dancers of Spears. This game involves pressing several buttons in alignment with music.
Britney Dance Beat contains five songs, which are:
- Oops!… Do it Again
- Baby one more time
- Overprotected
- Stronger
- I’m a slave for you.
Clothing
Britney Spears was named the new face of a clothing line aimed towards teens, in 2009. After up to two years as the brand’s face of Candie, it was revealed that Spears will create a small selection for Candie’s product, which is to be exhibited before the middle of the year.
Books
Britney Spears released up to three different books from 2000 to 2002.
Here is the list of the book titles and their release date
- Heart of Heart- May 9, 2000
- A Mother’s Gift- April 10, 2001
- Stages- December 5, 2002.
Other Products
Britney Spears has sold quite a number of branded merchandise, which are: stickers, notepads, wall clocks, furniture, pens, folders, plush toys, calendars, body art, key chains, posters, jewelry, bubble gum, candy, puzzles, and nail polish.
Endorsement
The following are the brands endorsed by Britney Spears:
- Pepsi – Hasbro – Polaroid
- Versace – Got Milk? – McDonald’s
- Skechers – Clairol – NFL
- Samsung – Tommy Hilfiger – Nabisco
- Virgin Mobile – Disney – Toyota
- ABC – HBO – Apple Music
- Herbal Essences – Starburst candy – Kirin Company
- Zappos Candies – Kohls Eos – Los Angeles Dodgers
- KENZO – iHeart Radio – Sbarro
Britney Spears also added some brand endorsements in her music videos.
The following are the brands endorsed in Britney’s music videos:
Beats Electronics, Samsung, Bvlgari, Sony, Lamborghini, Mazda, Volkswagen, MateFit, Swarovski, Nokia, and PlentyOfFish.
